Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined forces with one of social media’s most vitriolic anti-trans campaigners last week to drum a Navy Commander out of the service over her support for transgender healthcare.

It was a one-two punch from Hegseth in service of the president’s crusade against “woke” ideology and transgender people in the federal government and American society at large.

In a post to X on Thursday, anti-LGBTQ+ activist Chaya Raichik – who writes under the name “Libs of TikTok” – maligned the Navy’s Dr. Janelle Marra by highlighting the words “she/her,” “Transgender Healthcare,” and “LGBTQ+ Health” on a screenshot of the doctor’s LinkedIn profile.

Apparently, those terms were evidence enough for Hegseth of the commander’s unfitness to serve.

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      3 days ago

      It’s kinda too bad Hegseth didn’t just join the Marines. In some ways, I guess he is a byproduct of the forever wars.

      I guess it’s either that, or he’s got some fat stacks waiting for him in Moscow. At this point, the US has basically handed the middle east to Iran, retreated out of Europe and Asia.

      I’m not too sure how long Europe will put up with a non-productive colony. Assuming that Putin is not able to crack them as well.

      It looks like the world is in for a rough couple of decades.